Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 November 2014
109. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those agencies under its aegis. [42714/14]
View answerMy Department’s recruitment is done through the Public Service Appointment Service (PAS), apart from two current contracts in respect of the provision of security staff in one of the Department’s Regional Offices. The details requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following table.
|
Agency |
Techskills |
FRS Farm Relief Service |
|
2011 |
€77,713 |
Nil |
|
2012 |
€69,555 |
€5,366 |
|
2013 |
€52,876 |
€27,959 |
|
2014 to date |
€32,328 |
€32,067 |
The use of recruitment and employment agencies by the State Bodies under my Department’s aegis is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves.
